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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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