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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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