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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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