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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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