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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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