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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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