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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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