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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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