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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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