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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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