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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key 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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