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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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