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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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