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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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