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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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