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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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