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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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