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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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