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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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