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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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