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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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