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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)