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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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