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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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