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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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