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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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