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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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