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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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