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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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