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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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