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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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