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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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