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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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