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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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