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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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