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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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