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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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