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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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