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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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