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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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