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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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