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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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