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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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