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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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