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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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