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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies 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 low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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