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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need 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 resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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