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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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