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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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