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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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