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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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