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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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