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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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