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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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