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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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