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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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