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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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