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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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