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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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