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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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