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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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