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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key 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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