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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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