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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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