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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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