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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)