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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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