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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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