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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information 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 subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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