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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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