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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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