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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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