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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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