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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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