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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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