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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes 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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