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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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