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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major 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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