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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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