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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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