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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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