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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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