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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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