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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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