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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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