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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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