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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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