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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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