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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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