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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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