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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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