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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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