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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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