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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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