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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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