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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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