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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. 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. MOOCs are usually free but do not 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 lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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