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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major 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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