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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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