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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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