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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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