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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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