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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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