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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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