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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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