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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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