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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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