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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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