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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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