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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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