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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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