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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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