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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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