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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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