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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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