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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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