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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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