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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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