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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Pros And Cons