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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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