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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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