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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important 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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