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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies 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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