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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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