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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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