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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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