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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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