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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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