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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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