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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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