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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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