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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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