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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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