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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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