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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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