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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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