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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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