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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the major 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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