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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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