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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly 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 thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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