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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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