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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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