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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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