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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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