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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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