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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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