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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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