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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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