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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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