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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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