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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the 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 stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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