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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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