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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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