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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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