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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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