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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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