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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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