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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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