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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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