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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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