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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around 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 courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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