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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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