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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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