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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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