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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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