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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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