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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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