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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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