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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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