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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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