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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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