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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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