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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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