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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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