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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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