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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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