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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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