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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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