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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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