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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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