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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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