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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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