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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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