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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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