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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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