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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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