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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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