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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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