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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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