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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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