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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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