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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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