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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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