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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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