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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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