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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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