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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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