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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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