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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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