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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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