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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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