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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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