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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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