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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources