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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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