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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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