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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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