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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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