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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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