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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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