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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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