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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee 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 experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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