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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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