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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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