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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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