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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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