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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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