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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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