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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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