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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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