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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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