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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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