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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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