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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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