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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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