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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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