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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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