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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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