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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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