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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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