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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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