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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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