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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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