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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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