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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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