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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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