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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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