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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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