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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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