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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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