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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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