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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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