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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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