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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important 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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