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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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