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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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