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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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