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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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