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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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