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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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