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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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