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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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