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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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