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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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