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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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