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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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