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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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