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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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