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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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