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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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