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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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