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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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