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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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