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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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