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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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