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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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