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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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