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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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