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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different 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 organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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