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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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