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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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