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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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