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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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