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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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