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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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