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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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