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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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