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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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