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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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