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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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