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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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