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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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