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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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