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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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