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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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