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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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