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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources