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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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