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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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