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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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