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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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