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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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