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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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