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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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