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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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