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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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