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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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