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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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