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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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