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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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