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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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