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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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