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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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