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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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