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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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