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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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