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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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