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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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