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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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