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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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