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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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