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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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