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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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