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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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