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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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