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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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