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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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