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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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