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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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