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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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