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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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