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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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