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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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