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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education