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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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