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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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