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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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