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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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