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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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