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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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