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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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