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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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