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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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