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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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