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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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