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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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