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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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