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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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