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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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