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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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