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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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