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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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