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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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