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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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