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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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