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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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