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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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