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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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