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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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