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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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