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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses 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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