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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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