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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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