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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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