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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving 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 institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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