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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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