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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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