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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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