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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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