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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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