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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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