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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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