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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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