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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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