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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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