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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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