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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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