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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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