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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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