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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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