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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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