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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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