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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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