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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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