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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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