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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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