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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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