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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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