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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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