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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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