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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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