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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers 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 innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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