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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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