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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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