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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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