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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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