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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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