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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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