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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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