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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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