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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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