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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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