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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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