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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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