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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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