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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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