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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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