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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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