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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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