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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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