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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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