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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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