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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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