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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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