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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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