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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major 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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