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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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