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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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