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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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