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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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