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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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