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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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