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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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