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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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