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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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