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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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