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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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