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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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