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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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