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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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