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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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