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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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