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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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