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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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