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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses 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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