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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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