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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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