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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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