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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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