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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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