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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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