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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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