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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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