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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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