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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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