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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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