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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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