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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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