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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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