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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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