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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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