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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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