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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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