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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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