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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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