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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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