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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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