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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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