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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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