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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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