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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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