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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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