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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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