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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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