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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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