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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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