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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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