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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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