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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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