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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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