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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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