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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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