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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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