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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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