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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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