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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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