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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major 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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