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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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