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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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