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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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