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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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