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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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