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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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