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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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