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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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