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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators 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 MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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