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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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