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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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