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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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