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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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