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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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