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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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