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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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