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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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