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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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