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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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