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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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