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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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