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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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