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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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