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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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