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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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