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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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