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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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