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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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