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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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