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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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