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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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