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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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