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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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