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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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