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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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