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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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