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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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