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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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