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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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