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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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