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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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