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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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