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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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