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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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