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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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